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Warning signs are a regular summer feature of Toronto's polluted waterfront
Warning signs are a regular summer feature of Toronto's polluted waterfront

Warning signs are a regular summer feature of Toronto's polluted waterfront

Date7/24/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Warning signs are a regular summer feature of Toronto's polluted waterfront.
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011031F
Warning Polluted Waters Persons Bathing Do So At Their Own Risk, Pollution Warning Marking a beach in Metro
Warning Polluted Waters Persons Bathing Do So At Their Own Risk, Pollution Warning Marking a beach in Metro
7/25/1969
Sign of the times: The warnings against using Metro's beaches may be up indefinitely, as officials fear sewer improvements, costing $250 million, may not be enough to clean up pollution
Sign of the times: The warnings against using Metro's beaches may be up indefinitely, as officials fear sewer improvements, costing $250 million, may not be enough to clean up pollution
7/26/1987
Two oil drums from the tanker Arrow come to rest on a polluted beach near Artichat, N
Two oil drums from the tanker Arrow come to rest on a polluted beach near Artichat, N
2/14/1970
Polluted ditch behind Scarborough apartment buildings is a potential death trap for children, many mothers believe
Polluted ditch behind Scarborough apartment buildings is a potential death trap for children, many mothers believe
4/4/1972
Dirty black smoke rises from the polluted shore of Chedabucto Bay in Nova Scotia in an experiment to get rid of the mass of oil from the wrecked tanke(...)
Dirty black smoke rises from the polluted shore of Chedabucto Bay in Nova Scotia in an experiment to get rid of the mass of oil from the wrecked tanke(...)
2/14/1970
The waterfront will be off-limits to swimmers once again this summer because of high pollution levels
The waterfront will be off-limits to swimmers once again this summer because of high pollution levels
7/25/1987
Changing signs
Changing signs
8/8/1985
Ontario place people do a fast cleanup, Ontario Place guides and other employees, dressed in coveralls they borrowed from the regular maintenance staf(...)
Ontario place people do a fast cleanup, Ontario Place guides and other employees, dressed in coveralls they borrowed from the regular maintenance staf(...)
6/21/1971
Humane society workers Wilf Patey (left) and Reginald Chapman hold up a Canada goose rescued from oil spill along Sunnyside waterfront. More than 75 d(...)
Humane society workers Wilf Patey (left) and Reginald Chapman hold up a Canada goose rescued from oil spill along Sunnyside waterfront. More than 75 d(...)
1/2/1976
Toronto was forced to close beaches last summer because of pollution
Toronto was forced to close beaches last summer because of pollution
7/21/1983
Our cold summer may have stopped the dreaded bivalves overrunning cottage country, biologists say, but the invasion will come eventually - perhaps spearheaded by a bigger, hardier relative
Our cold summer may have stopped the dreaded bivalves overrunning cottage country, biologists say, but the invasion will come eventually - perhaps spearheaded by a bigger, hardier relative
4/30/1990
John Gerochristodoulu picks up a dead fish, one of hundreds killed last summer when a blocked sewer allowed liquid from a Scarborough dye firm to spill into Massey Creek, a Don tributary
John Gerochristodoulu picks up a dead fish, one of hundreds killed last summer when a blocked sewer allowed liquid from a Scarborough dye firm to spill into Massey Creek, a Don tributary
7/21/1988